The Descendents didn’t want to grow up and in the 36 years since their debut album they still haven’t.  In that span they  have however, managed to create a wholly unique sound that has been copied time and again by lesser bands with half their chops.   Their 7 studio albums (though Mike insists it’s 6 throughout the episode) continually refined their “melodic hardcore” approach but they'd already perfected it on 1982’s Milo Goes To College.  We ask the questions:  Do you really need to dig any deeper into their catalog past that classic first LP and, are we guilty of committing adulthood by even attempting to?   Recommended Listening:   “Merican EP https://open.spotify.com/album/60eDnZNML7mTE2UadzotYD?si=_laZ99xsSb2bDxaFLKF3ig   Who We Are Single https://open.spotify.com/album/0X0gPFfYB7BCxej7kAt2bl?si=SnQMcql_R36ZJzclj7Lrwg     Movie Filmage  https://www.filmagemovie.com/pages/trailer   Police Truck w/ Jello Biafra  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB0WiTlPxpg     huntsmanhill.com #huntsmanhill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg